Chapter 196 The finishing touch (4800 words)

Author: Bachelor of White

Chapter 196 The finishing touch (4800 words)

On the edge of the desert, there is an unpopular town - Linsha Town.

There are only residents in the town, no officers and soldiers, no bandits, and no martial arts world. The residents here have lived here for generations, although they are hard, they are not in conflict with the world and live a life of barely living.

Zheng Xiu learned that when the previous dynasty had close ties with the countries in the Western Regions, there was a "business road". Well, it was not a Silk Road, but a "Green River". The commercial road called "Green River" starts from the east to the sand, ends at the Richan Valley in the west, and crosses the desert. After passing through the Richan Valley, climb another mountain and two rivers to reach the Western Regions.

Many years ago, Linsha was the starting point of the "Green River". In the past, there were even foreign merchants from all over the Western Regions and crossing the desert. Exotic beauties with blond hair and blue eyes, rare jewelry, and strange animals, which made the place full of enthusiasm, magnificent and magical, full of the taste of spring, and extremely lively.

"Although no one runs away from the 'trade' now, the 'green river' is still there."

Xie Luohe led Zheng Xiu carefully and walked in Linsha Town.

"money for the journey."

Xie Luohe casually reached out to Zheng Xiu and asked for money.

Zheng Xiu pressed the heavy wallet into Xie Luohe's hand without feeling distressed.

"You, maybe it's what others say, "Ruyi Langjun" is the best."

Xie Luohe sighed.

"I don't believe it." Zheng Xiu heard this, he first used to making a call, and then quickly changed his words: "No, I believe this sentence. Is it because of my... my sword-browed eyebrows and starry eyes, extraordinary handsomeness, unparalleled in the world?" Zheng Xiu tentatively twisted his chin and slammed his hands.

"Bah, it's because you can make money... make a lot of money." Xie Luohe laughed and left Zheng Xiu in place to buy supplies.

"This is called 'living well'." Zheng Xiu looked at Xie Luohe's departure back and complained.

Xie Luohe raised his fist from a distance.

Not long after, Zheng Xiu, who was waiting in place, was bored and called out for a long time, finally waited back to Xie Luohe.

Behind Xie Luohe, two strong camels were followed.

The camel is equipped with a red and green saddle bag, and the saddle bag is embroidered with colorful patterns.

The saddle bags were filled with bulging, and each camel had seven or eight full water bags hanging on it.

Zheng Xiu used barren desert survival knowledge to check the preparations of the Xieluo River. Among the supplies purchased by the Xieluo River, there are jerky, dry food and other foods suitable for preservation, water, thick cloaks, clothes that can cover the whole body, ointments for treating trauma, and Sinan, who roughly distinguishes the direction in the desert, are all available.

It can be said that apart from sunscreen, there are basically all that should be found in it.

Xie Luohe's care was beyond Zheng Xiu's expectations.

Zheng Xiu, who was kind in front of Xie Luohe, smacked his lips and said "It's okay", but Xie Luohe sneered and refuted "hard-mouthed". To outsiders, the fight between the two was like a couple in the city who didn't know how to live or die, and who didn't know the cruelty of the desert, insisted on going deep into the desert.

Zheng Xiu and Xie Luohe seem to be two extremes.

The "inadventure" aura of "indifference" that Xie Luohe inadvertently made the two little camels restless.

When Zheng Xiu stepped forward to comfort him, the two camels took the initiative to approach him as if they had seen their loved ones who had been separated for many years and licked the saliva on Zheng Xiu's face.

"You really don't look like a stranger."

Xie Luohe watched Zheng Xiu "kiss me" with two camels, one male and one female, and a faint jealousy flashed in his eyes and said softly.

Zheng Xiu didn't return, after all, he is not the original body now.

No matter how stubborn Xie Luohe was, Zheng Xiu believed that facts were facts. He entered the ghost creature with his incarnation, and his original body was still suffering from the magic of "crow raising" in Zheng's house.

He doesn't look like an alien at this moment, which is not surprising.

Xie Luohe's eyes flashed, and he didn't say anything more, and soon changed into another expression. After Zheng Xiu comforted the camel, Xie Luohe turned over and rode on the camel saddle, kicked him and walked towards the desert.

It seems that Xie Luohe does not intend to stay in Linsha Town.

Zheng Xiu followed behind him.

At this point, July 13th.

The weather is sunny.

The sun shines brightly.

The sun is scorching.

The two rode camels deep into the desert.

July 20th.

dusk.

The seventh day after Zheng Xiu entered the desert.

No matter which world you are in, the "desert" probably gives people only one impression.

Extensive, solemn, dead silent, cruel.

It was like an invisible hand pushing the yellow sand on the desert, pushing layer by layer, rolling forward. The surging sand moved with the wind, rolling straight, and rolling to the depths, disappearing at the end of the undulating sand dunes.

The desert gives people only one kind of "color": yellow. Egg yolk, dark yellow, dusky, golden, and thick yellow. Various levels of "yellow" intertwined, presenting another desolate beauty.

On the seventh day, Zheng Xiu vaguely regretted it, but Xie Luohe was in a better mood as he stayed away from the crowd, and his smile became stronger and stronger.

The sun has not left any trace on Xie Luohe's body; the high temperature has not allowed Xie Luohe to drip half of sweat; the cold night, Xie Luohe even takes the initiative to approach Zheng Xiu, curl up in Zheng Xiu's arms, wrapping the two with their cloaks. Xie Luohe calls this behavior a good name: There is a difficulty in the rivers and lakes to take care of each other; when the wind blows, Xie Luohe will face the strong wind, open his arms, and feel the unstable pleasure and freedom in the wind.

It seems that such harsh weather and desert environment bring only enjoyment to the Xieluo River.

After entering the desert, Zheng Xiu truly understood what the so-called trade route - "Green River" is. Zheng Xiu had only heard of it before that there was a fixed route to enter Daqian in the Western Regions.

The "Green River" is a route that was explored by predecessors. Every time a certain distance is separated by a certain distance, it will pass through an oasis. There are sixteen oasis on this route. In the desert, the oasis can be regarded as the source of life. Only by arriving at the oasis can you have hope of crossing the desert.

Along the way, Zheng Xiu noticed that about every few dozen miles, a pile of heavy stones piled up into a hill, which was not like natural formation, but more like human-made. When Zheng Xiu asked casually, Xie Luohe smiled and said:

“That is the 'mountain' on the green river.”

“It’s indeed ‘shou’.”

The so-called "博" generally refers to the stone piles and soil blocks used to mark the distance on the official road. Every time you pass through, you can estimate how many miles you have walked. Along the Green River, each "博捚" is ten feet high. Unless it is dust storms, ordinary wind and sand will be difficult to knock down the 博捚.

It is hard for Zheng Xiu to imagine how his predecessors built "Sanshan" with big stones on this vast desert. The difficulty is self-evident. I don’t know how many years, how much manpower, and how many lives it took to step on a "green river" that is relatively safe to pass through the desert.

There was no road in the desert at the beginning. As more people walked and more lives were filled, it became a road.

July 28th.

After entering the desert for more than half a month.

Zheng Xiu's skin was dark and Xie Luohe was as fair as before, and his skin was better than snow.

They arrived at the eighth oasis along the Green River, where several wild coconut trees grew, and a small pool was clear and clear.

After taking a full bag of water, Zheng Xiu told Xie Luohe not to look at him randomly, then stripped himself naked, jumped into the pool, and took a bath for a long time.

The heart is cool and the heart is flying.

After Zheng Xiu was almost soaked, he returned to the two camels in his robe. Xie Luohe had some coconut fruits at some point. She peeled the top shell on the coconut fruit with bare hands and drank coconut milk.

Xie Luohe looked straight at Zheng Xiu's naked upper body, and a few crystal clear water droplets flowed down Zheng Xiu's abdominal muscles and vest lines. Xie Luohe blushed and coughed twice, and took the initiative to help Zheng Xiu cut another coconut fruit: "It's so sweet, you can drink it too."

"Really?" Zheng Xiu asked back with a habitual suspicion, took a sip, and almost vomited.

Bitter and astringent.

He remembered that the juice of Lao Coconut cannot be drunk.

Xie Luohe laughed, threw down the coconut fruit, and began to untidy his clothes.

Zheng Xiu's relationship with Xie Luohe these days has been a bit subtle, but this scene still made Zheng Xiu's expression froze.

Xie Luohe was halfway through and reminded:

"You... are not allowed to peek."

After saying that, Xie Luohe jumped high and jumped into the pond with a pounce.

Zheng Xiu ignored him, took a deep breath, listened to the sound of the Xieluo River playing in the distance like a bird, walked to the edge of the oasis and stared into the distance.

At the end of the vision, the undulating sand dunes and the rolling yellow sand were still as usual. But the color of the desert today seemed to be different from usual. At dusk, the desert was dyed with a layer of magnificent and dazzling girlish red, as if bleeding could be dripped at any time.

The sand dunes in the distance were twisted, and a mirage appeared faintly.

Zheng Xiu stared at the distance and looked quietly.

The sound of soft footsteps came from behind him. Xie Luohe simply wrapped himself in his body, walked over barefoot, tilted his head and wiped his long wet hair with a towel.

Zheng Xiu looked back and moved away with difficulty: "Can you wear it tighter?"

Xie Luohe sat down calmly beside Zheng Xiu, and smiled and said, "Is this important?"

Zheng Xiu was speechless.

After a moment, Xie Luohe covered his mouth and smiled: "Are you worried that I will suffer a loss, or that she will suffer a loss?"

Zheng Xiu did not take the blame.

Along the way, Zheng Xiu deliberately did not go in front of Xie Luohe, and mentioned "Zheng Xiu" and "Fengbei".

Because Zheng Xiu noticed that whenever he accidentally led the topic to "two hundred years later", although Xie Luohe's expression did not change, she would clench her fists secretly.
To be continued...